30% of the country supported the protest so not sure where you get your 90% disapproved from? Yes Luxon was a disappointment during the protest, even Jim Bolger condemned his stance along with the rest of the politicians who were a pack of cowards.
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Sound practical leadership - kiss my arse.
She knew she was coming in for a bruising, swallowed hard and is trying the deflection trick again.
Stephen Frank, exAct MP, said today he received a call from a bristling Mallard on 1 April threatening trespass on any ex MPs attending the protest.
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...om-parliament/
The clear impression was that Mallard has been made to look like an absolute jackass during the protest and he was out for revenge. And Ardern was blissfully unaware that Mallard was planning this all along?
Kiss my arse.
Another astonishing indictment on an incompetent Government, incompetence that just goers on and on and no learning from all the mistakes. Meanwhile our economy suffers and small business owners go bankrupt https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...YW4OGJIHC25BM/
(I think it's not subscription only but not sure)
The Govt. may have been correct. https://www.technologyreview.com/202...lucira-ellume/$55.00 a test?
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And after closing both eyes to crime & gangs for years, Ardern & her team of pro-gang & pro-crime nincompoops finally accept the inevitable and adopt National Party policy to crack down on gangs :
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star...rganised-crime
It's part of the party's long-touted crackdown on gangs – a narrative National has been pushing for most of its term in Opposition.
Included in Nationals' law and order election promises was the commitment to established a specialist gang unit to "disrupt the operation of gangs and work within police to target the proceeds of crime".
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/reveal...3T4OAMI4BCK7I/
"The aim is to put pressure on gangs so they can feel it," said one source, "and the public can see it."
The proposal of a ring-fenced unit in Auckland and the wider nationwide strategy to focus on gangs comes after five years of radical change in the criminal underworld.
That's not quite the way I see it.
Agreed, Mallard was furious with the protesters & the way they undermined our democracy & the authority of our Parliament & the Police force, trashed parliament grounds & ground the central city to a halt, and was determined to punish people like Winston & Matt King who typically cynically were out to exploit the situation to further their own political agendas.
The way I saw it today was Adern was annoyed with Mallard, seeing his response as both an unnecessary distraction & an ill judged provocation which Winston & King would be delighted to exploit to the max to get much needed free media exposure, & fire up support from disaffected & deluded voters for NZ First & for King to launch his new party.
Typically Winston is on the phone to his lawyer first thing & am sure he would be happy to draw this out keeping himself in the headlines as long as possible.
Anyway I was pleased when I saw Adern acting swiftly this afternoon to put this whole thing to bed by requesting Mallard discuss his response with all the parties in parliament & thought that her experience & good judgement at managing this thorny issue showed through.
Mallard's a polarising figure & probably has just as much support as disapproval for his actions. Doubt if he cares.
No - she has no political capital left to burn with the polls showing her what she is on the way out.
That’s why.
Compare and contract with her sticking by Mallard over his despicable backstabbing of an innocent staffer which ended up costing taxpayers over $360,000 and still counting.
Mallard is a common thug as he has proved by his past actions using his fists, his pathetic/childish actions during the protest just inflamed the situation and were completely unfitting for someone in his position, he made himself look like a complete dick and continues to do so,
Is this NZ's Tiananmen Square moment?
Speaker Mallard trespasses men the calibre of Winston Peters & Stephen Franks from Parliament grounds, while thugs and vandals who damaged our Parliament grounds go free.
Neither Peters or Franks could be considered modern day Guy Fawkes, or urban terrorists!
Neither should have to defend themselves.
It should be up to the remaining Labour MP's to say; listen Trev, pull your head in, and stop this breach of democracy.
If they don't, they are complicit in moving NZ further into a dark place of suppression of speech, and restriction on freedom of movement.
Damning evidence of just how totally untrustworthy Ardern is :
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSd5B5xbH/
Truthful? No
Transparent? No
Accountable? No
Amazing that Robertson saying that nothing about the inflation rate has anything to do with overheated economies and monetary policy mistakes here and abroad. Disowning any responsibility.
Suppose the only fix is for the populus to vote him/them out
A special taskforce to advise on how to tackle & clear the horrendous hospital & medical treatment waiting list - which Ardern denied existed in the first place!
What have the 1,400 extra civil & public servants employed by Ardern being doing for the last 2 years?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...-list-response
Incompetence and denial - two of the outstanding features of this useless government.
Ardern - self proclaimed single source of truth:
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSd5HT5sC/
Just don’t ask her about the wealth tax!
Mallard - what a joke of a speaker but Ardern loves having him there for protection.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...s-legal-action
You can judge the true character of a person by the company she keeps.
What does Mallard tell NZers about Ardern?
It won't be a wealth tax but a "securing our pandemic recovery" co-contribution.
Then we'll have a chance to vote on it.
15 months after the ever useless Kelvin Davis & Labour government appointed a new task force to restructure OT Oranga Tamariki, becoming evident that nothing has really changed except for the colour of the skin of those in control.
A 5 year old beaten to death after horrific physical & psychological abuse - because OT did nothing.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300...im-family-says
“….. the family raised the alarm twice with Oranga Tamariki within a week of his mother being jailed, across two separate offices. They say this included providing Oranga Tamariki with photographs of Malachi’s bruises.”
Wonder how long before Ardern wants back on the program:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...VBCS5P3LJTT6M/
Bad bad call on her part - like all her calls.
Especially her calls of appointing token females & non whites like Poto and Faafoi to ministerial positions where both have showed themselves to be TOTALLY incompetent & clueless.
Ardern says she stands behind Mallard and she stands too behind Poto Williams.
68% of NZers polled in today’s Newshub Poll believe Poto is too soft on crime.
Let’s hope Ardern is good with her stand and keeps Poto into 2023 election. :t_up:
Stuart Nash was a decent police minister not sure why he didn't continue.
Robertson will get the credit for lower inflation next year.
National was given a free kick with interest rates but missed with inexperienced luxon as leader.
Don't worry we can just tick up some more debt head towards 200Bill ...
Labour gives itself room to borrow extra $90 billion
https://www.act.org.nz/labour_gives_...tra_90_billion
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...y-and-naively/
This is what Labour is trying to do to shut down scrutiny & criticism of its incompetence and failure to deliver on any of the huge promises made to win the election:
"This Government has an image problem and that may be partially reflected in their poll result.
It's the bury the head in the sand approach - 'I reject the premise of the question', nothing to see here.
But worse than that now I think, is this push back we're seeing where the Government is gas lighting its critics.
If you dare to question co-governance, you are racist.
If you criticise a female minister you are sexist.
And now, Poto Williams has taken it next level - she's claiming that saying the Government is 'soft on crime' is a gendered issue and an attack on her, because she's female. Are you serious?
That one is a such a stretch it's hard to believe she even said it out loud, but then she did also call the Police's handling of the Parliamentary protest "fabulous".
That was her word - "fabulous".
I can think of a lot of other words to describe how Police handled the Parliamentary protest but 'fabulous' isn’t one of them.
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Notice that we have similar behavior here from certain posters - whatever Ardern and Labour do must not be criticized or scrutinized because to do so, one must be sexist or racist?
Well, come & kiss my arse!
Poto Willams in action after her claim that the Government is 'soft on crime' is a gendered issue and an attack on her, because she's female.
Now, she claims that she is smart rather than soft or is a thug.
Where the HELL did Ardern find this pathetic and useless human being from?
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...lice-minister/
The public has registered a vote of no confidence in Police Minister Poto Williams as youth crime spirals out of control.
The latest Newshub-Reid Research poll asked: Is the current Police Minister too soft on crime?
More than two-thirds - 68.3 percent - said yes, while just 18.3 percent said no.
Minister Williams doesn't think it's fair. She said to Newshub "For me, you're either soft or you're a thug or you're smart and I choose to be smart."
Listen to the garbage (3 minutes in) from Justin Lester, Labour Party apologist about crime & Poto Willams.
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...riday-faceoff/
Poto Williams "an incredible individual & very hard working' according to him but he missed out the part that she was appointed because she is a non-white and female - and completely clueless and incompetent as Police Minister.
Any views on Mr Waititi and Ms Packer's interview on Q & A this morning?
The kingmakers in waiting according to recent polls.
Immigration Reset update from Govt tomorrow
Probably tell us how they will continue to stop people coming to NZ
Our only queen is Her Majesty and she doesn't need to be replaced.
Bring back the good ol days when the Budget was read out in the evening without any lead up
Spreading the Budget out of weeks if not months is just boring …..but then it has become one big circus with ministers grandstanding.
For anybody who did not see it, as well as his misrepresentation of the past, of more concern should be their refusal to acknowledge one person one vote, as acceptable, which is democracy as we know it.
I would say most of NZ regard them as irrelevant, but ignore them at your peril...
How you vote at the next election could well pre empt whether you remain in the global Commonwealth country of New Zealand, or the separatist aparthied state of Aotearoa.
All good stuff imo.
NZers needs to see what the separatist racist agenda that they are pushing so that voters (especially the majority non-Maoris) have a clear choice in 2023.
Ardern has played the pakeha voters for suckers - using them to push her racist & divisive policies by stealth on NZers.
A black & white choice in 2023 will see the split pakeha vote (the silent majority taken for a ride) reunite in favour of or against the separatist agenda.
The trend is clear - one party is on the up and up while the other is on the down and down.
Bring on 2023!
Vote lab/green and you will have a centrist govt.
Vote the other side and get a frankenstein of act/maori/national and Luxon ditched after two months.
Which is precisely why it is GREAT to have Mr Waititi & Ms Packer push their extreme views - the more airplay and airtime, the better.
They have made it clear they will not work with Act/National so it's only Labour who will benefit from any vote for them
&
Any vote for Labour is also a vote for Mr Waititi & Ms Packer & Te Pāti Māori.
Meanwhile, internal polling by Labour is sending shock waves through the ranks apparently :
- White middle class women (who voted Ardern in last 2 elections) continue to desert the party in favor of National due to Labour's divisive & racist policies,
- Minority groups (Asians who overwhelmingly voted for Ardern) are swinging away too due to Labour's anti-business & anti-migrant policies.
Next poll is going to be very interesting.
...or call it a vote for the fella with the tats and the cowboy hat....
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How pathetic - Labour government MPs behaving like kindergarten kids.
You can be sure that Ardern's government is on its way out when it behaves the way that it has been - from Poto Williams refusing to take responsibility for the upsurge in crime to Mallard imposing (and then, being forced to retract) trespass notices on exMPs. Incompetent yet arrogant to think they can escape public scrutiny.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/testy-...H2W6GNPWL6NRY/
"Mitchell tweeted last night he had stopped to talk to Labour MP Greg O'Connor about the Parliamentary rugby team in Parliament's cafe, Copperfields. His tweet said that Williams was at the same table as O'Connor and O'Connor told him he could not sit down.
"He then told me the reason was they don't like me holding the Minister to account. Intense."
" .....last week in Parliament, Williams accused Mitchell of using "gendered language" with the "soft on crime" accusation – although successive National MPs have accused Labour of being soft on crime, regardless of the gender of the police minister."
" .....Williams refusing him permission to meet Police Commissioner Andrew Coster and district commanders - which Williams said was because she believed Police were "too busy".
Clark, Goff, Shearer, Cunliffe, Little, Ardern - from 2008 to 2021. 6 leaders in 13 years. Soon to be 7 leaders comes 2023.
Would have been 7 in 2020 but for COVID.
Key, English, Bridges, Muller, Collins and Luxon - from 2008 to 2021. 6 leaders over same period, 1 less than Labour comes 2023.
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...pg?format=500w
Why is the Ardern government so ****-scared of open debate & discussions on co-governance and preferential treatments for Maoris?
This is a good piece on why there must be open discussion so that NZ can move forward with confidence and acceptance with what unites us rather than what divides us :
https://democracyproject.nz/2022/05/...thing-to-fear/
Simplistically, Ardern & the Maori cabal are fearful that their separatism agenda cannot stand the scrutiny of open debate - which is why they have been doing it by stealth.
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...pg?format=500w
According to former National party Minister Chris Finlayson, you guys are just "the sour right behind the racist resentful rhetoric", and the way to deal with you is just to "leave those losers behind and move on."
What would you say to that!
Just to be clear, I wouldn't say that, however,
I don't really get what you guys are so fearful of around co-governance/partnership, it's not a new concept & there are already examples of it working well.
In reality National is just as on board with this as Labour. Luxon won't be able to pretend to sit on the fence on this for much longer.
Anyway for anyone interested in some educated informed discussion around this subject, here's a link,
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the...get-on-with-it
Chris can say whatever he wants - does not change the fact that this Ardern government is the most devious and deceptive government NZ has ever had. NZers deserve answers to their concerns and this government’s reply is that any challenges are racist so will not be allowed.
Exactly the same stance taken by Poto Williams that she is doing such a great job with her police portfolio that it is sexist to question her.
Kris Faafoi at least had the decency to admit he could not rise up to the challenge of debating the Hate Speech by going to ground.
This government’s refusal to answer basic questions on 3 Waters about the implications co-governance of 3 Waters speaks volume about its ulterior and devious intentions.
Does not work with those of us who refuse to be brainwashed and become sheep.
NZers having to work 10 more days to pay for the wasteful spend & tax policies of Ardern & her nincompoops.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/128...ting-firm-says
Be kind she says - to her prolific wasteful spending.
50,000 women on the mammogram backlog - with all the implications flowing from it.
But remember that Ardern & Little said that everything is under control?
Hand me another Tui please https://tradingeconomics.com/new-zea...er%20of%201987.
It's called inflation (with pop growth on top).
Kris Faafoi defends migration settings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHIEAuMoBXI
Good stuff, its time for higher wages.
I hope this answers your question. Good luck with the upcoming NZ recession and economic crash, magnified by bad management of Government finances !!! https://www.statista.com/statistics/...n-new-zealand/
Yes some have been raising those concerns since 2017. Turns out the opposite may have happened.
The GDP part of the equation is what went down.
https://tradingeconomics.com/new-zealand/gdp-growth
Hence, the ratio is worse. So, some revision of basic maths could be helpful.
Fuel prices hit all time high of $3.15 a litre in Auckland
Time for govt to cut levies/duty again
Gotto wait for the polls first so make sure we all continue to poll anyone but Labour.
Then, can be sure that the 25c excise cut will not only stay but be cut further.
Plenty of fat for this prolific wasteful spend & tax Ardern government to use up first.
Prime example - NZ Transport Agency has increased the number of PR staff from 33 to 88 (167%) since Labour took office. And 65 of them are paid over $100k a year.
It's all about the SPIN with Ardern - forget about the delivery of quality services and results.
Not to mention spending like this from the 88 PR staff who obviously have nothing else better to do :
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...HWY56CKJ52XI4/
$5,000 for each of 2 of these big fat ZERO signs :
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/8...NGH3EHO6GE.png
Out of control spending from these A-hats
Since 2017, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has more than doubled its PR team from 32 staff to 88.
Since 2019, the transport agency has spent $145 million on consultants, covering things like the environment and planning, versus just $200 million on actual construction.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...medium=twitter
I think we're all heartily sick of successive govt's spending on consultants which really started with National when govt agencies had their staff cut, resulting in a huge loss of experience & what they call 'institutional knowledge'. Many of these people went on to become 'Consultants' who were then hired back by the same govt agencies at 3X the cost, as outside consultants to assist understaffed & under resourced departments with completing projects.
Lets not overlook, John Key's National govt spent $216 million on consultants over 3 years from 2009, for investigative & design work (i.e. not construction) done on roads of national significance.
Remember, a vote for Labour is a vote for te Pāti Maori.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tauran...BTTWBM6C7MVTQ/
Tauranga unsafe for a Maori candidate? BS on a grand scale given previous two Tauranga MPs were Maoris. The hypocrisy is beneath contempt.
More colour on Waka Kotahi out of control spending and Ardern’s all care but no responsibility or accountability approach towards taking care of taxpayers’ funds :
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/polit...ed-or-not.html
Ardern waited 100 days before responding to an URGENT request to meet from
The Human Rights Commission.
Shows the disdain that this how arrogant & disdainful Ardern & her government have become - 4 years into office.
Imagine what she & her team of nincompoops are going to be like if they are given another 3 years in 2023.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/human-...GJKIXDYNX2PX4/
Oh dear. Jacinda's got the lurg. Get well soon.
A boring circus?
In The "good" old days of no internet or mobile phones and just two channels that closed down at various times during the day, a Muldoom budget in 1978 was the first one I remember. Insufficient taxes, borrowing and failure to make significant reform. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!
https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/21552/economic-miracle
Labour's got the answer to all your dreams.
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That’s nothing compared to the billions of dollars squandered by the prolific spend & tax Ardern & her team of addicted spenders.
Just today :
Remember this? $1.9 billion announced in 2019 to be spent on mental health services.
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/...alth-seriously
3 years later and what have Ardern & Little delivered?
ZERO. NOTHING. In fact, things have actually got worse.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/19/m...t-despite-19b/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/great-...5TSV2RFXK6B3I/
Ardern heads a government of spin, prolific spending but zero delivery.
And worse of all, Ardern employs PR staff by the hundreds to try and hoodwink NZers with spin to hide how totally incompetent she and her government truly are.
The Executive has nothing else to give but laws and money, they don't actually implement anything themselves. So they make laws and spend our money, truckloads of it, in the hope that their Administration and business can implement it. Imo the real failing outside excessive ill-directed spending, is over optimism that massive long term structural issues can be turned around in unreasonable timeframes. By the time they realise that optimism is false logic, they're already history.